As Big as a House
Representations of the Extremely Fat Woman and the Home
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19004975 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Caroline Narby (Wellesley College, corresponding author), Katherine Phelps (0000-0003-4735-4669) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 147-159 |
| Publication date | 2013-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Fat Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2160-486X • E-ISSN: 2160-4851 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/21604851.2013.779555 |
| OpenAlex | W1988983088 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 5 |
The authors have undertaken an analysis of the extremely fat woman as she is represented in two apparently disparate films: the drama What's Eating Gilbert Grape? and the animated family horror film Monster House. Both films present images of the extremely fat woman as a hybridized “woman-house,” whose identity and body are merged with the physical structure of the house to which she is confined. Drawing upon the work of foundational psychoanalytic theorists, we illustrate that the fat woman as “woman-house” threatens those around her with psychic or physical annihilation and therefore must be destroyed
Aesthetics · Art · Art history · Drama · Monster · Psychic · Psychoanalysis · Psychoanalytic theory · Sociology · Visual arts · Diversity and Impact of Dance · Medicine · Mental Health and Psychiatry · Obesity and Health Practices · Psychology
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |